K-Member / Rack & Pinion Steering Suggestions

go-fish said

It's pretty tempting. I am trying to absolutely optimize the torsion bar system on my Valiant so gaining an extra 1" of travel is worth the money and effort. I am a believer in the torsion bar system and the Green Brick was a hero car of mine growing up and apparently Tim Werner as well.

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I wouldn't have any issues cutting the bump stop off the re-designed LCA's. Worst case is you have to weld a plug into the hole you create by removing the threaded boss. I like the gusset on the new ones better than the old ones too.

Whether or not you need to bother would depend on your torsion bars. If you're not planning on lowering the car a ton, or if you're going to run larger than 1.12" torsion bars, you may not need the whole 1" of additional travel. I know on my car my combination of 1.12" bars and 2" of drop at the suspension needs the extra travel.

You could also modify the factory LCA, if you're boxing it already you could cut the profile down and box it/gusset it further. Firm Feel used to use LCA's off of the FMJ cars and modify them for use on other models, they had a flatter profile LCA which provided more travel in a similar fashion.